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Hello,

I just uploaded to wuarchive.wustl.edu, in subdirectory /pub/MSDOS_UPLOADS,
a compressed (.zip) file containing manz2to4.fli.  The name of the file is
manz2to4.zip.

The file manz2to4.fli is a FLI animation file generated from Fractint 17.2
GIF files.  I generated 201 GIF files of resolution 320x200x256 using the
manzpower fractal type by varying the exponent (real part) from 2.00 to 4.00
in steps of 0.01.  I then used the program DTA15E to create the "movie".
Of course, when the exponent is 2.00, we get the familiar Mandelbrot
fractal that we know and love.

The uncompressed .fli file is large, about 1.2Meg.  Fortunately, it does
compress well, down to 540K.

This is my first attempt at animation of fractals.  My next attempts will
be to improve the resolution (to 640x480x256) and to improve the color
mapping.  In addition, I may explore the other Mandelbrot parameters as
well as other fractal types.  I may also generate "zoom movies".

If you don't have a FLI viewer, there are some available (for DOS) via
anonymous ftp from site wuarchive.wustl.edu in subdirectory
/mirrors/msdos/graphics.

If enough people request it, and it's been shown to work for most, I may
consider posting it to the alt.binaries.pictures.fractals newsgroup.  But
let's see if it works o.k. before I take that leap.  Please let me know
if you get it to work alright.

Jon Noring


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